New World Under the Blood Moon

This is my first short story (short story) at Starting Point. I wrote very seriously and powerfully. I am often moved by the characters in the story. Real!

In 1526 AD, thirty-four years had passed since Columbus discovered the "New World". The Spanish's matchlock guns and smallpox swept the Aztecs and Incas. They built churches on the ruins and renamed the land - New Spain - with swords and crosses. But what they didn't know was that something older and darker arrived with the colony ship. Night Clan. The pure-blood aristocrats, who have lived in the shadow of the European Church for thousands of years, moved westward due to the depletion of silver mines in the Old World. Their goal was not gold, not souls—it was a mountain. Iron Mountain. The iron ore veins guarded by the Moon Clan for generations, there is a power sleeping in the mountains that can change the fate of the entire New World. The Night Clan will hold the Eternal Darkness Sacrifice on the night of the red moon, sacrificing seven hearts so that the sun will never rise again. The patriarch Carl only has eighty-seven days left. Among his people is a traitor - or spy - who has returned with the Blood Pact Seal. Among his enemies is a century-old pureblood commander who will stop at nothing to prove his worth. And his only ally is a Spanish priest who begins to wonder whose side God is on. When the red moon comes, either the Moon Clan will end all this, or this will end the Moon Clan. "It's not our new continent, it's our children's new continent." Eighty-seven days·one mountain·two races·a war that determines the future

1526, Thirty-four years after Columbus. The Spanish arquebuses and smallpox swept through the New World, the Aztecs fell, and the Incas fell. But they didn't know that something older and darker arrived with the colonial ship. This is the starting point of "Iron Mountain Blood Moon". A fantasy epic that compresses the torrent of history into an eighty-seven-day countdown. The most moving thing in the novel is not the grand war scenes, but the "things in the bones". On his deathbed, the prophet said, "My bones will become the foundation stones of the Iron Mountain." This was not a metaphor—he literally carved his bones into the mountain. Broken Tooth's palms were scarred by Iron Mountain, not to make him stronger, but to make him heavier. Tieshan never gives anything for free: if you want power, you have to trade it with your life. This "sense of cost" runs throughout the book. Carl knew from the beginning that he would die. Moon Shadow also knows. Broken Tooth also knows. It's not that they're not afraid of death - it's that they have more important things than death. The part about Iron Mountain building the wall is particularly touching: Yueying used iron wire grass ash and eagle feather ash to mix mud. The blacksmiths had never cast a city wall before. The first mold exploded, the second one cracked, and the third one did not explode. There are no heroes falling from the sky, only a group of people clumsily, repeatedly, and in their own way, mending the broken bones of Iron Mountain. The Night Clan are not stereotyped villains either. Sebastian wants to prove his worth, Alvaro is tired of eternity, and Isabella has been soaked in poison for three years just to make her daughter less painful. The most cruel villain is often the one who is most human. "Iron Mountain Blood Moon" is about colonization, resistance, and identity, but in the final analysis it is about: when the land under your feet is breathing, bleeding, and calling your name, how do you respond? Tieshan chose Broken Tooth. Broken Tooth said: "Then die." This is not blood, but fire in the bones.

I got up at four o'clock, sorted out and revised the content I created after dinner last night, and then updated it on the platform. I have no choice but to disturb Dabaozi and the ladies. Because we have to set off at 7 o'clock in the morning, heading towards happiness, from Dali to Mangshi.

When traveling in Yunnan this week, I have to get up early every day and go to scenic spots after dinner. Therefore, the work update time is advanced to between 5:30 and 7:00.